Open Access Resources

Open Access: Open access is a publication model wherein neither a reader nor the reader's institution are charged for access to articles or other resources. Users are free to download, copy, read, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles. The IIMT University Library encourages open access through institutional repositories in its library users'.

Open Access Knowledge & Institutional Repositories

S.No	Name	Website
1	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/home
2	Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)	https://www.gesis.org/en/ssoar/home
3	Indian Academy of Sciences Fellow Publications	http://repository.ias.ac.in/
4	INFLIBNET's Institutional Repository	https://ir.inflibnet.ac.in/
E-Thesis/Dissertation
1	Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET	https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
2	Networked Digital Library of Theses And Dissertations	https://ndltd.org/
3	Shodhgangotri	https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/
4	OATD – Open Access Theses and Dissertations	https://oatd.org/
5	EBSCO Open Dissertations	https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations/
6	British Library EThOS	https://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do
Open Access E-Content (Videos, Tutorials, Interactive Content)
1	e-PG Pathshala	https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
2	eGyanKosh: Home	https://egyankosh.ac.in/
3	Vidya-mitra	https://vidyamitra.inflibnet.ac.in/
4	National Digital Library of India	https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
5	National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)	https://nios.ac.in/online-course-material.aspx
6	Swayam Prabha	https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/
7	Consortium for Educational Communication, popularly known as CEC	https://www.youtube.com/user/cecedusat
Open Access E-Journal
1	DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals	https://doaj.org/
2	Open and free content on JSTOR and Artstor	https://about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/
3	SpringerOpen	https://www.springeropen.com/journals
4	CSIR-NIScPR (NISCAIR) online periodical Repository	https://nopr.niscair.res.in/
Open Access Rare Books and Manuscripts
1	Rare Book Room	http://www.rarebookroom.org/
2	Bharatiya Kriti Sampada (National Mission for Manuscripts)	https://www.bharatiyakritisampada.nic.in/
3	Indian Manuscripts	http://indianmanuscripts.com/
4	Rare Book Society of India	https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/
5	Gita Supersite	https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/
6	Muktabodha Online Digital Library	https://muktabodha.org/
Online Reference e-Books/Sources
1	World Digital Library	https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-digital-library/about-this-collection/
2	Public Library of India	https://archive.org/details/digitallibraryindia
3	Parliament Digital Library	https://eparlib.nic.in/
4	Indian Culture	https://indianculture.gov.in/
5	Open Textbook Library	https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks
6	OER Commons	https://oercommons.org/
7	United Nations Digital Library	https://digitallibrary.un.org/
8	Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books	https://archive.org/
9	Encyclopedia Britannica | Britannica	https://www.britannica.com/
10	The Free Dictionary: Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus	https://www.thefreedictionary.com/constant
11	Cambridge Dictionary | English Dictionary, Translations	https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
12	Collins Online Dictionary | Definitions, Thesaurus	https://www.collinsdictionary.com/
13	Oxford Learner's Dictionaries | Find definitions, translations	https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
List of Free E-Books Website
1	Project Gutenberg: Free eBooks	https://www.gutenberg.org/
2	Rare Book Room	http://www.rarebookroom.org/